REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Our 5th Annual 5K for Aidan J. is June 20, 2015Protecting Youth from Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Creating Heart-Safe Communities for KidsSign up TODAY at www.5KforAidanJ.com!

Sean Patrick's Day Beef N Beer Event 2015

Thanks to the enduring support of Monique St. John Dougherty and the best friends of her late husband, this year's Sean Patrick's Day Event procured over $10,000 for our foundation. That's enough to host a screening! Stay tuned!

Another Successful Free Heart Screening Event: Springton Lake MS 10/25/14Of the nearly 400 students that were screened approximately 1 in 100 require followup testing after the heart screening event at Springton Lake Middle School on Saturday, October 25th. One confirmed case of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, a condition that rarely shows symptoms and can cause SCA, was identified. For pictures of this event, click here.

Aidan's Law Takes Effect as the new school year opens!Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, all school districts in Pennsylvania are required to report the number, age, location, and condition of the Automated External Defibrillators in each of their buildings. As you know, schools in PA are not yet mandated to have these life-saving devices. However, quantifying what is currently available to students will not only raise awareness of AEDs and SCA, but also encourage districts to replace old machines and help us as we continue to work toward legislation that will require all schools to protect their students with AEDs. Read more...

Straub Brothers Raise Nearly $10K for AHF by playing 126 holes of golf in one day!Jake and Bill Straub, friends of the Silva family and competitors in the Hundred Hole Hike challenge, spent Monday, June 16th playing 7 rounds of golf from sunup to past sundown in order to raise enough money to sponsor our next heart screening event. We are grateful to the Straub families for their support of our efforts, and for recognizing that it takes a village to make our communities heart-safe for youth! Read more...

Kerr Park Gets TWO AEDs!As a direct result of our Victory for Young Hearts Beef N' Beer event this past February, and in collaboration with the generous Downingtown Borough Public Works department, two AEDs were installed in our town's popular Kerr Park just before the 4th annual 5K for Aidan J. in June. One is located on the restroom facility facing Pennsylvania Avenue by the tennis courts, and the other welcomes young kids to the playground just in front of the bridge. Thank you to all of our supporters and to Jack Law of Public Works for helping to make our community heart-safe! Read more...

400 Teens and Kids Screened! 10 Lives Potentially Saved...View pictures and read about what we learned at our recent free heart screening event that took place at Strath Haven Middle School in Wallingford, PA. One in 40 kids were identified as needing followup for potentially life-threatening heart conditions. Results from this screening will be part of the Heart Health Study screening data that is being collected by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control to compel the medical community to support routine cardiac screenings for kids as a standard of pediatric care. Read more...

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